CBE-LSE Bibliometric Analysis
Caleb Trujillo, Darcie Nelson, Rachel Kudlacz, Germaine Ng
2023-06-17
Introduction
There has been tremendous growth in the area of undergraduate biology research over the last fifteen years. This study attempts to summarize and analyze the progress of this growth for the journal of CBE-LSE.
Summary of initial data set
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## MAIN INFORMATION ABOUT DATA
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## Timespan 2008 : 2022
## Sources (Journals, Books, etc) 1
## Documents 1072
## Annual Growth Rate % -1.83
## Document Average Age 7.54
## Average citations per doc 20.3
## Average citations per year per doc 2.23
## References 26262
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## DOCUMENT TYPES
## article 920
## bibliography 1
## book review 1
## correction 22
## editorial material 90
## letter 33
## review 5
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## DOCUMENT CONTENTS
## Keywords Plus (ID) 1302
## Author's Keywords (DE) 0
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## AUTHORS
## Authors 3187
## Author Appearances 4746
## Authors of single-authored docs 93
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## AUTHORS COLLABORATION
## Single-authored docs 157
## Documents per Author 0.336
## Co-Authors per Doc 4.43
## International co-authorships % 4.571
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## Annual Scientific Production
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## Year Articles
## 2008 57
## 2009 43
## 2010 73
## 2011 45
## 2012 53
## 2013 82
## 2014 78
## 2015 60
## 2016 109
## 2017 89
## 2018 94
## 2019 85
## 2020 86
## 2021 74
## 2022 44
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## Annual Percentage Growth Rate -1.83
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## Most Productive Authors
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## Authors Articles Authors Articles Fractionalized
## 1 BROWNELL SE 36 TANNER KD 14.79
## 2 TANNER KD 34 DOLAN EL 12.34
## 3 DOLAN EL 28 ALLEN D 12.31
## 4 KNIGHT JK 26 EDDY SL 11.17
## 5 EDDY SL 21 STARK LA 10.29
## 6 SMITH MK 21 DOLAN E 9.00
## 7 COOPER KM 19 BROWNELL SE 8.57
## 8 ALLEN D 15 HOOPES LLM 7.03
## 9 HOOPES LLM 15 KNIGHT JK 6.94
## 10 STARK LA 15 GOUVEA JS 5.33
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## Top manuscripts per citations
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## Paper DOI TC TCperYear NTC
## 1 AUCHINCLOSS LC, 2014, 10.1187/cbe.14-01-0004 444 44.4 11.06
## 2 JENSEN JL, 2015, 10.1187/cbe.14-08-0129 335 37.2 8.41
## 3 CROWE A, 2008, 10.1187/cbe.08-05-0024 308 19.2 12.67
## 4 ARMBRUSTER P, 2009, 10.1187/cbe.09-03-0025 285 19.0 13.80
## 5 BROWNELL SE, 2012, 10.1187/cbe.12-09-0163 269 22.4 8.40
## 6 BANGERA G, 2014, 10.1187/cbe.14-06-0099 265 26.5 6.60
## 7 EDDY SL, 2014, 10.1187/cbe.14-03-0050 245 24.5 6.11
## 8 MAHER JM, 2013, 10.1187/cbe.13-04-0082 219 19.9 8.50
## 9 SMITH MK, 2013, 10.1187/cbe.13-08-0154 216 19.6 8.39
## 10 TANNER KD, 2012, 10.1187/cbe.12-03-0033 214 17.8 6.68
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## Corresponding Author's Countries
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## Country Articles Freq SCP MCP MCP_Ratio
## 1 USA 979 0.93238 947 32 0.0327
## 2 CANADA 23 0.02190 19 4 0.1739
## 3 GERMANY 6 0.00571 5 1 0.1667
## 4 SWEDEN 6 0.00571 2 4 0.6667
## 5 AUSTRALIA 5 0.00476 4 1 0.2000
## 6 NETHERLANDS 5 0.00476 5 0 0.0000
## 7 ISRAEL 3 0.00286 2 1 0.3333
## 8 BRAZIL 2 0.00190 2 0 0.0000
## 9 FRANCE 2 0.00190 1 1 0.5000
## 10 NEW ZEALAND 2 0.00190 1 1 0.5000
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## SCP: Single Country Publications
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## MCP: Multiple Country Publications
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## Total Citations per Country
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## Country Total Citations Average Article Citations
## 1 USA 20738 21.18
## 2 CANADA 290 12.61
## 3 SWEDEN 192 32.00
## 4 NETHERLANDS 172 34.40
## 5 AUSTRALIA 98 19.60
## 6 CZECH REPUBLIC 41 41.00
## 7 NORWAY 33 16.50
## 8 ISRAEL 31 10.33
## 9 GERMANY 28 4.67
## 10 CHINA 21 21.00
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## Most Relevant Sources
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## Sources Articles
## 1 CBE-LIFE SCIENCES EDUCATION 1072## % latex table generated in R 4.2.2 by xtable 1.8-4 package
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## & Description & Results \\
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## 1 & MAIN INFORMATION ABOUT DATA & \\
## 2 & Timespan & 2008:2022 \\
## 3 & Sources (Journals, Books, etc) & 1 \\
## 4 & Documents & 1072 \\
## 5 & Annual Growth Rate \% - & 1.83 \\
## 6 & Document Average Age & 7.54 \\
## 7 & Average citations per doc & 20.3 \\
## 8 & Average citations per year per doc & 2.23 \\
## 9 & References & 26262 \\
## 10 & DOCUMENT TYPES & \\
## 11 & article & 920 \\
## 12 & bibliography & 1 \\
## 13 & book review & 1 \\
## 14 & correction & 22 \\
## 15 & editorial material & 90 \\
## 16 & letter & 33 \\
## 17 & review & 5 \\
## 18 & DOCUMENT CONTENTS & \\
## 19 & Keywords Plus (ID) & 1302 \\
## 20 & Author's Keywords (DE) & 0 \\
## 21 & AUTHORS & \\
## 22 & Authors & 3187 \\
## 23 & Author Appearances & 4746 \\
## 24 & Authors of single-authored docs & 93 \\
## 25 & AUTHORS COLLABORATION & \\
## 26 & Single-authored docs & 157 \\
## 27 & Documents per Author & 0.336 \\
## 28 & Co-Authors per Doc & 4.43 \\
## 29 & International co-authorships \% & 4.571 \\
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## \end{table}Research Questions
Basic overview of the field
Authoring
## Authors Articles Authors Articles Fractionalized
## 1 BROWNELL SE 36 TANNER KD 14.79
## 2 TANNER KD 34 DOLAN EL 12.34
## 3 DOLAN EL 28 ALLEN D 12.31
## 4 KNIGHT JK 26 EDDY SL 11.17
## 5 EDDY SL 21 STARK LA 10.29
## 6 SMITH MK 21 DOLAN E 9.00
## 7 COOPER KM 19 BROWNELL SE 8.57
## 8 ALLEN D 15 HOOPES LLM 7.03
## 9 HOOPES LLM 15 KNIGHT JK 6.94
## 10 STARK LA 15 GOUVEA JS 5.33## # A tibble: 3,187 × 2
## AU n
## <chr> <int>
## 1 BROWNELL SE 36
## 2 TANNER KD 34
## 3 DOLAN EL 28
## 4 KNIGHT JK 26
## 5 EDDY SL 21
## 6 SMITH MK 21
## 7 COOPER KM 19
## 8 ALLEN D 15
## 9 HOOPES LLM 15
## 10 STARK LA 15
## # ℹ 3,177 more rows## Author year freq TC TCpY
## 1 BROWNELL SE 2012 1 269 22.41666667
## 2 BROWNELL SE 2014 3 470 47.00000000
## 3 BROWNELL SE 2015 2 190 21.11111111
## 4 BROWNELL SE 2016 3 120 15.00000000
## 5 BROWNELL SE 2017 7 176 25.14285714
## 6 BROWNELL SE 2018 3 29 4.83333333
## 7 BROWNELL SE 2019 2 39 7.80000000
## 8 BROWNELL SE 2020 7 98 24.50000000
## 9 BROWNELL SE 2021 5 32 10.66666667
## 10 BROWNELL SE 2022 3 0 0.00000000
## 11 COOPER KM 2016 1 69 8.62500000
## 12 COOPER KM 2017 3 42 6.00000000
## 13 COOPER KM 2018 1 8 1.33333333
## 14 COOPER KM 2019 1 25 5.00000000
## 15 COOPER KM 2020 4 70 17.50000000
## 16 COOPER KM 2021 6 36 12.00000000
## 17 COOPER KM 2022 3 1 0.50000000
## 18 COUCH BA 2015 2 61 6.77777778
## 19 COUCH BA 2016 3 80 10.00000000
## 20 COUCH BA 2017 3 54 7.71428571
## 21 COUCH BA 2018 1 14 2.33333333
## 22 COUCH BA 2019 2 25 5.00000000
## 23 COUCH BA 2020 1 10 2.50000000
## 24 COUCH BA 2021 2 11 3.66666667
## 25 DOLAN EL 2010 2 63 4.50000000
## 26 DOLAN EL 2012 2 8 0.66666667
## 27 DOLAN EL 2013 2 1 0.09090909
## 28 DOLAN EL 2014 3 530 53.00000000
## 29 DOLAN EL 2015 3 282 31.33333333
## 30 DOLAN EL 2016 4 260 32.50000000
## 31 DOLAN EL 2017 4 93 13.28571429
## 32 DOLAN EL 2018 2 76 12.66666667
## 33 DOLAN EL 2019 2 26 5.20000000
## 34 DOLAN EL 2020 2 12 3.00000000
## 35 DOLAN EL 2021 1 0 0.00000000
## 36 DOLAN EL 2022 1 3 1.50000000
## 37 EDDY SL 2014 2 368 36.80000000
## 38 EDDY SL 2015 3 270 30.00000000
## 39 EDDY SL 2016 2 29 3.62500000
## 40 EDDY SL 2017 4 73 10.42857143
## 41 EDDY SL 2018 2 16 2.66666667
## 42 EDDY SL 2019 2 0 0.00000000
## 43 EDDY SL 2020 3 3 0.75000000
## 44 EDDY SL 2021 2 0 0.00000000
## 45 EDDY SL 2022 1 1 0.50000000
## 46 GRAHAM MJ 2015 3 283 31.44444444
## 47 GRAHAM MJ 2016 3 155 19.37500000
## 48 GRAHAM MJ 2018 2 59 9.83333333
## 49 GRAHAM MJ 2019 1 15 3.00000000
## 50 GRAHAM MJ 2020 1 0 0.00000000
## 51 GRAHAM MJ 2021 1 1 0.33333333
## 52 GRAHAM MJ 2022 2 1 0.50000000
## 53 KNIGHT JK 2008 1 171 10.68750000
## 54 KNIGHT JK 2010 2 123 8.78571429
## 55 KNIGHT JK 2011 2 208 16.00000000
## 56 KNIGHT JK 2013 2 66 6.00000000
## 57 KNIGHT JK 2015 3 98 10.88888889
## 58 KNIGHT JK 2016 3 43 5.37500000
## 59 KNIGHT JK 2017 2 33 4.71428571
## 60 KNIGHT JK 2018 3 46 7.66666667
## 61 KNIGHT JK 2019 4 29 5.80000000
## 62 KNIGHT JK 2020 3 27 6.75000000
## 63 KNIGHT JK 2021 1 0 0.00000000
## 64 SMITH MK 2008 1 171 10.68750000
## 65 SMITH MK 2010 1 34 2.42857143
## 66 SMITH MK 2011 3 228 17.53846154
## 67 SMITH MK 2013 2 234 21.27272727
## 68 SMITH MK 2014 2 61 6.10000000
## 69 SMITH MK 2015 1 19 2.11111111
## 70 SMITH MK 2016 2 45 5.62500000
## 71 SMITH MK 2017 1 15 2.14285714
## 72 SMITH MK 2018 2 34 5.66666667
## 73 SMITH MK 2019 3 32 6.40000000
## 74 SMITH MK 2020 2 25 6.25000000
## 75 SMITH MK 2021 1 7 2.33333333
## 76 TANNER KD 2008 1 11 0.68750000
## 77 TANNER KD 2009 2 55 3.66666667
## 78 TANNER KD 2010 1 18 1.28571429
## 79 TANNER KD 2011 3 49 3.76923077
## 80 TANNER KD 2012 4 572 47.66666667
## 81 TANNER KD 2013 3 283 25.72727273
## 82 TANNER KD 2014 1 137 13.70000000
## 83 TANNER KD 2015 3 73 8.11111111
## 84 TANNER KD 2017 4 36 5.14285714
## 85 TANNER KD 2018 2 65 10.83333333
## 86 TANNER KD 2019 2 26 5.20000000
## 87 TANNER KD 2020 4 19 4.75000000
## 88 TANNER KD 2021 3 7 2.33333333
## 89 TANNER KD 2022 1 0 0.00000000
## 90 WENDEROTH MP 2008 1 308 19.25000000
## 91 WENDEROTH MP 2010 1 124 8.85714286
## 92 WENDEROTH MP 2013 1 18 1.63636364
## 93 WENDEROTH MP 2014 2 205 20.50000000
## 94 WENDEROTH MP 2015 2 154 17.11111111
## 95 WENDEROTH MP 2016 1 28 3.50000000
## 96 WENDEROTH MP 2017 1 15 2.14285714
## 97 WENDEROTH MP 2018 1 6 1.00000000
## 98 WENDEROTH MP 2019 1 8 1.60000000
## 99 WENDEROTH MP 2020 1 6 1.50000000##
## 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
## BROWNELL SE 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 3 7 3 2 7 5 3
## COOPER KM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 4 6 3
## COUCH BA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 1 2 1 2 0
## DOLAN EL 0 0 2 0 2 2 3 3 4 4 2 2 2 1 1
## EDDY SL 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 4 2 2 3 2 1
## GRAHAM MJ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 1 1 1 2
## KNIGHT JK 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 3 4 3 1 0
## SMITH MK 1 0 1 3 0 2 2 1 2 1 2 3 2 1 0
## TANNER KD 1 2 1 3 4 3 1 3 0 4 2 2 4 3 1
## WENDEROTH MP 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0## [1] COOPER KM COOPER KM COOPER KM COOPER KM COOPER KM COOPER KM COOPER KM EDDY SL
## [9] EDDY SL EDDY SL EDDY SL EDDY SL EDDY SL EDDY SL EDDY SL EDDY SL
## [17] GRAHAM MJ GRAHAM MJ GRAHAM MJ GRAHAM MJ GRAHAM MJ GRAHAM MJ GRAHAM MJ WENDEROTH MP
## [25] WENDEROTH MP WENDEROTH MP WENDEROTH MP WENDEROTH MP WENDEROTH MP WENDEROTH MP WENDEROTH MP WENDEROTH MP
## [33] WENDEROTH MP COUCH BA COUCH BA COUCH BA COUCH BA COUCH BA COUCH BA COUCH BA
## [41] DOLAN EL DOLAN EL DOLAN EL DOLAN EL DOLAN EL DOLAN EL DOLAN EL DOLAN EL
## [49] DOLAN EL DOLAN EL DOLAN EL DOLAN EL SMITH MK SMITH MK SMITH MK SMITH MK
## [57] SMITH MK SMITH MK SMITH MK SMITH MK SMITH MK SMITH MK SMITH MK SMITH MK
## [65] KNIGHT JK KNIGHT JK KNIGHT JK KNIGHT JK KNIGHT JK KNIGHT JK KNIGHT JK KNIGHT JK
## [73] KNIGHT JK KNIGHT JK KNIGHT JK TANNER KD TANNER KD TANNER KD TANNER KD TANNER KD
## [81] TANNER KD TANNER KD TANNER KD TANNER KD TANNER KD TANNER KD TANNER KD TANNER KD
## [89] TANNER KD BROWNELL SE BROWNELL SE BROWNELL SE BROWNELL SE BROWNELL SE BROWNELL SE BROWNELL SE
## [97] BROWNELL SE BROWNELL SE BROWNELL SE
## Levels: COOPER KM EDDY SL GRAHAM MJ WENDEROTH MP COUCH BA DOLAN EL SMITH MK KNIGHT JK TANNER KD BROWNELL SE
Institutions
Affiliations around the world
Affiliations in the US
## # A tibble: 229 × 7
## ...1 AFF...2 AFF...3 Freq OPEID Issues ...7
## <dbl> <chr> <chr> <dbl> <chr> <chr> <chr>
## 1 478 DIV EARTH AND LIFE SCI DIV EARTH AND LIFE SCI 1 na DC <NA>
## 2 501 FRANCE. FRANCE. 1 na ?? <NA>
## 3 531 INDIAN INST MANAGEMENT AHMEDABAD INDIAN INST MANAGEMENT AHMEDABAD 1 na Indian Institute of Manage… India
## 4 563 LIBERAL ARTS AND SCI ACAD LIBERAL ARTS AND SCI ACAD 1 na public magnet high school … <NA>
## 5 571 MARCO POLO TECHNOL MARCO POLO TECHNOL 1 na ?? <NA>
## 6 591 MT DESERT ISL BIOL LAB MT DESERT ISL BIOL LAB 1 na Mount Desert Island Biolog… Maine
## 7 594 NA NA 1 na ?? <NA>
## 8 620 OFF COMMUN AND NATL ACAD PRESS OFF COMMUN AND NATL ACAD PRESS 1 na ?? <NA>
## 9 625 OKLAHOMA MED RES FDN OKLAHOMA MED RES FDN 1 na Oklahoma Medical Research … <NA>
## 10 637 PRINCE EDWARD CTY HIGH SCH PRINCE EDWARD CTY HIGH SCH 1 na Prince Edward County High … Virg…
## # ℹ 219 more rows
## # A tibble: 7,904 × 4
## # Groups: eligibility, Institution Name [1,043]
## `Institution Name` name value eligibility
## <fct> <chr> <fct> <chr>
## 1 Auburn University AANAPISI 1 Ineligible
## 2 Auburn University AANAPISI F 1 Ineligible
## 3 Auburn University ANNH 1 Ineligible
## 4 Auburn University ANNH F 1 Ineligible
## 5 Auburn University HBCU 2 Ineligible
## 6 Auburn University HBCU Masters 2 Ineligible
## 7 Auburn University HBGI 2 Ineligible
## 8 Auburn University HSI 1 Ineligible
## 9 Auburn University HSI STEM 1 Ineligible
## 10 Auburn University NASNTI 1 Ineligible
## # ℹ 7,894 more rows## # A tibble: 8,576 × 4
## # Groups: Institution Name, eligibility [1,043]
## `Institution Name` name value eligibility
## <fct> <chr> <fct> <chr>
## 1 Auburn University AANAPISI 1 Ineligible
## 2 Auburn University AANAPISI F 1 Ineligible
## 3 Auburn University ANNH 1 Ineligible
## 4 Auburn University ANNH F 1 Ineligible
## 5 Auburn University HBCU 2 Ineligible
## 6 Auburn University HBCU Masters 2 Ineligible
## 7 Auburn University HBGI 2 Ineligible
## 8 Auburn University HSI 1 Ineligible
## 9 Auburn University HSI STEM 1 Ineligible
## 10 Auburn University NASNTI 1 Ineligible
## # ℹ 8,566 more rows## [1] 0.3967611## [1] 0.1477733##
## No Yes
## 1419 2016What are the collaborative connections between institutions?
Most cited papers and journals
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## FREEMAN S, 2014, P NATL ACAD SCI USA, V111, P8410, DOI 10.1073/PNAS.1319030111 151
## AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, 2011, VISION CHANGE UNDERG 149
## PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL OF ADVISORS ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 2012, ENGAGE EXCEL PRODUCI 103
## HANDELSMAN J, 2004, SCIENCE, V304, P521, DOI 10.1126/SCIENCE.1096022 89
## AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, 2011, VIS CHANG UND BIOL E 86
## CROWE A, 2008, CBE-LIFE SCI EDUC, V7, P368, DOI 10.1187/CBE.08-05-0024 81
## EDDY SL, 2014, CBE-LIFE SCI EDUC, V13, P453, DOI 10.1187/CBE.14-03-0050 76
## HAAK DC, 2011, SCIENCE, V332, P1213, DOI 10.1126/SCIENCE.1204820 74
## SEYMOUR E., 1997, TALKING LEAVING WHY 72
## HAKE RR, 1998, AM J PHYS, V66, P64, DOI 10.1119/1.18809 69
## SMITH MK, 2008, CBE-LIFE SCI EDUC, V7, P422, DOI 10.1187/CBE.08-08-0045 66
## AUCHINCLOSS LC, 2014, CBE-LIFE SCI EDUC, V13, P29, DOI 10.1187/CBE.14-01-0004 65
## KNIGHT JENNIFER K, 2005, CELL BIOL EDUC, V4, P298, DOI 10.1187/05-06-0082 65
## SEYMOUR E, 2004, SCI EDUC, V88, P493, DOI 10.1002/SCE.10131 64
## RUSSELL SH, 2007, SCIENCE, V316, P548, DOI 10.1126/SCIENCE.1140384 62
## FREEMAN SCOTT, 2007, CBE LIFE SCI EDUC, V6, P132, DOI 10.1187/CBE.06-09-0194 61
## HENDERSON C, 2011, J RES SCI TEACH, V48, P952, DOI 10.1002/TEA.20439 59
## LOPATTO DAVID, 2007, CBE LIFE SCI EDUC, V6, P297, DOI 10.1187/CBE.07-06-0039 57
## HUNTER AB, 2007, SCI EDUC, V91, P36, DOI 10.1002/SCE.20173 56
## BROWNELL SE, 2012, CBE-LIFE SCI EDUC, V11, P339, DOI 10.1187/CBE.12-09-0163 55## [,1]
## CBE-LIFE SCI EDUC 751
## J RES SCI TEACH 506
## SCIENCE 321
## J COLL SCI TEACH 293
## INT J SCI EDUC 266
## J CHEM EDUC 265
## SCI EDUC 265
## J EDUC PSYCHOL 218
## AM BIOL TEACH 187
## NATURE 145Multiple Correspondence Analysis
## Tab
## STUDENT BIOLOG UNDERGRADU SCIENC RESEARCH LEARN TEACH EDUC EXPERI
## 361 336 236 222 216 186 167 118 92
## INTRODUCTORI DEVELOP STEM ASSESS PROGRAM MODEL IMPROV PRACTIC ANALYSI
## 89 85 83 73 58 54 53 53 51
## COURS COLLEG SCIENTIF CLASSROOM EFFECT CONCEPT FACULTI
## 51 50 50 49 49 48 47
